Hose supporter



- Feb; 19 1924. 1,483,896

F. L. LANGHAMMER HOSE SUPPORTER Filed Dec. 50 1 922 Patented Feb. 19, 1924,

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FRANK L. LANGHAMMER, F BBIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WARNER FIQE.

BROTHERS COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

Application filed December 30, 1922. Serial No. 609,810.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANK L. LANGHAM- MER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bridgeport, county of F airfield, State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Hose Supporters, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to hose supporters and particularly to means for securing to the metal loops thereof, the tabs of non elastic tape upon which the usual hose supporter buttons are mounted.

Heretofore it has been customary to secure these tabs in position by sewing. The ob ject of m invention is to provide means whereby t ese tabs may be attached quickly and easily and without the employment of any sewing Whatever.

eferring to the drawings: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a hose supporter loop and tab embodying my invention; Fi 2 is a sectional view of the structure of I ig. 1 taken on the line 22; and 5 Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views showing ste s in'the assemblage of the parts.

n the drawing 5' represents the tab to which the usual hose supporter button (not shown) is attached in any suitable manner.

In accordance with my lnvention I secure the upper end of this tab 5 to the metal loop 6, without sewing. This I accomplish in the following manner:

The. tab 5 is in the form of a loop, or double thickness of non-elastic tape.- The two upper ends of this tape are" placed together,- and then turned inside out into the position shown in Fig. 3. While in this position the metal tip 7 is clamped over the ends. There- 4 after the tab is turned right side out so that the tip 7 occupies the position indicated in Fi 4. The metal loop 6 is constructed with, a.

transverse slot 8 located above the loop proper and so proportioned that the tipped end of the tab 5, when turned at an angle, may be pushed therethrough, but may not be pulled out a ain by pressure exerted upon the tab itsel Accordingly, all that is required to assemble the loop and tab is to push its tipped end on an anglethrough the slot 8, from rear to front. The result 1s that the tab is held in the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 and cannot be withdrawn except by angular manipulation of its tipped end-an action which will not occur in the normal use of the article.

From the above it is clear that I complete the formation of the customary looped, or

double tab, and secure its ends together and also secure it in its intended position relative to the loop-all without the employment of any sewing whatever. I thus economize materially in the time and expense of manufacture.-

The terms and expressions which I have employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and I have no intention, in the use of such terms and expres sionsof excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described, or portions thereof, but recognize that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed.

What I claim is: v A device of the character described, comprising a metal loop-member provided witha transverse slot, and a button supporting tab comprising a 100 of tape, the two ends of which are inverte and clamped together by a metal clamp of such dimensions relative to said slot that it may be passed through said slot and thereafter will retain said tab in position.

' FRANK L. LANGHAMMER. 

